I Possessed the Wicked Empress (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 167

Louise instinctively poured holy power toward the square.

She had just dispelled a magic circle and had no strength left, but fortunately, a few of the violently behaving passersby regained their senses.

However, the capital’s atmosphere was already saturated with malevolent magic.

She had purified the people right before her eyes, but soon screams began echoing from all directions.

“You must take shelter for now. We need to reinforce your guard!”

Ignoring the screams piercing her ears, Louise turned away with a grim expression at the guardsman’s words.

Abandoning them felt unjustifiable, but if she herself were to disappear, there would be no one left to prevent the capital’s catastrophe.

“Understood.”

By the time Louise returned to the palace, news of the minor disturbances breaking out throughout the capital had already reached Henri’s ears.

“So it’s all because of a curse magic?”

At Henri’s question, Louise lowered her head with a bitter taste in her mouth.

“The spell hasn’t activated yet. However, the magical energy mixed into the air is so dense that those with weak willpower are being affected.”

Fortunately—or perhaps not—troops had been fully mobilized in the capital to counter Leopold.

Today’s unrest could be contained by them, but the real problem lay ahead.

“So the rate at which the magic circles are being completed is faster than our ability to locate and dispel them?”

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